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OCLC number. 1167649590. Website. nst.com.my. The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), [ 3] having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based The Straits Times on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the New Straits Times on 13 ...
Singapore Press Holdings Limited ( SPH) was an organisation with businesses in property and aged care in Singapore. Since its takeover by Cuscaden Peak in 2022, it has been renamed Cuscaden Peak Investments . Prior to 1 December 2021, SPH was in the media business with a reach in the print, digital, radio, and outdoor media.
Est. total population ('000) 5,917.6. Crime rates in Singapore are some of the lowest in the world, with petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft rarely occurring, and violent crime being extremely rare. [ 1] Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are severe, and include the death penalty.
The STI has a history dating back to its founding in 1966. [1] Following a major sectoral re-classification of listed companies by the Singapore Exchange, which saw the removal of the "industrials" category, the STI replaced the previous Straits Times Industrials Index (abbreviation: STII) and began trading on 31 August 1998 at 885.26 points, in continuation of where the STII left off.
Piracy in the Strait of Malacca. A US merchant seaman takes aim during training to repel pirates in the Strait of Malacca, 1984. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has long been a threat to ship owners and the mariners who ply the 900 km-long (550 miles) sea lane. In recent years, coordinated patrols by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore ...
The paper was founded as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce on 15 July 1845. [11] [12] The Straits Times was launched as an eight-page weekly, published at 7 Commercial Square using a hand-operated press. The subscription fee then was Sp.$1.75 per month.
The Straits Times was established as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce. 1852: A new deep harbour called New Harbour, later known as Keppel Harbour, is built. 22 July: St Joseph's Institution [as St John's Institution] was established at Bras Basah Road. [15] 1854: Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) was established. [16 ...
FOTF Singapore is an affiliate of the American Christian conservative organisation, Focus on the Family, founded in 1977 by James Dobson. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Focus on the Family Singapore was established in August 2000 and became a registered charity in 2002. [ 6 ]